#2 Readers journal 7/25/2011 Dear Mrs. Zrihen,
I just finished an inspiring book called Martin Luther King Jr. by Amy Pastan. A passage that really stood out to me was:
“I have a dream that my four kids will one day live in a nation they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! (page.67-68)
I picked this passage because this speech became one of his most famous one and that speech was very important to the development of the Civil Rights. This passage is so significant to the book because it tells the reader what he was trying to make a reality and what he dedicated his whole life to. I use many strategies before, during and after I read this book. One strategy that I used before I read the book was to skim and scan through the book to find text features. Another strategy that I used before I read the book was to use information that I already know about Martin Luther King Jr. for example I knew that he lead non-violent marches to get what the black race deserved which was equality and respect like whites. One strategy that I used during reading was to visualize the most intense and exciting parts of the book. Another strategy I used during reading was I looked through the text features to get a better understanding of what I was reading. For example I saw lots of pictures with Martin Luther King giving speeches and how he really inspired lots of people and gave them a voice. One strategy that I used after reading was to read over the most important and exciting parts of the book. Another strategy that I used after I read the book was to make inferences about Martin Luther King Jr.
There were many non-fiction elements in the book that I was able to find while I was reading. The genre of the book is biography because this book is telling the reader the life story of Martin Luther King Jr. The topic of the story is Marin Luther King Jr. . The main idea is Martin Luther King’s Life and Fight to equality and to end segregation. The main idea is clearly stated. Another good name for the book can be Martin Luther King Jr. Fighting for Freedom. I think this could be another could title for the book because it basically sums up the book and explains it. One supporting detail is “Only through boycott can we make it clear to the white folks that we will not accept this type of treatment any longer.” This detail explains how they were treated and how they finally said enough is enough and they are trying to do something about it. This detail is factual. Another detail I found in the article is “ Using Gandhi’s method’s he could take Jesus’ message of “love your enemies” to a new level. This supporting detail is factual. The essential message of this book is Martin Luther King Jr. dedicating his life and sacrificed his life and time for equality. A cause and effect relationship that I found was when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man and was put in jail after Rosa Parks was put in jail Martin Luther King saw an opportunity to fight for the right sitting when and wherever you like so he took that issue to supreme court an all Negro’s started to boycott the buses. I can compare Martin Luther King Jr’s story to Abraham Lincolns’. They both tried to help slaves and black people be free and equal. The difference between Martin Luther King Jr, and Abraham Lincoln was that Abraham was the president of the United States. I was able to identify five text features in this book and there impact on the text. The title of the book gives the reader a clue on what the book will mainly be about. The pictures helped me understand the setting, people and events that were going on at that time. The captions under the pictures helped me understand what was going on in the pictures. The sidebars expanded a little more about what was going on in the event. The timeline of events helped me find out what and when something was happening. The pattern of organization is chronological order because the book explains the events that occurred through out Martin Luther King Jr’s life and the order they went in.
The authors’ purpose was to inform and the authors’ perspective is subjective. The authors’ point of view is third person objective. Unfortunately I was unable to find any figurative language in this book most likely because this book did not contain any dairy entries, poems ects… I used three sources to check the validity and accuracy of the information in the book. The first source that I used was the internet to see if the information about Martin Luther King Jr was right. Another source that I used was a history book to see if all of those non- violent marches took place. The last source I used was my mom’s memory about Martin Luther King Jr, to see if he died of a bullet. I found five vocabulary words that I did not know while reading the book. I used context clues to help me understand what the word meant. ‘‘Boycott’’ means to refuse to accept something. “Seminary” is a place were priest, ministers, or rabbis are taught. “Lynching,” means the killing of a person by a mob. “Militant” means to fight or be aggressive. “ Injunction” is a court order that stops a person or group from doing a specific act.
I was able to relate the book to another text, the world, and myself. I can relate to the book because some people discriminated me. This book and the book about Abraham Lincoln are easy to relate to each other because they both tried to help slaves and the black race be free and equal to the white race. This book relates to the world because there are still racists in the world. This book was very inspiring and emotionally to me. I rate this book a ten out of ten because not only was the information correct but the author wrote it in a way that was interesting to the reader.
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